• Theological reflections on empire 

  Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  Since the meeting of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in Accra, Ghana (2004), and the adoption of the Accra Declaration, a debate has been raging in the churches about globalisation, socio-economic justice, ...
• Economic globalisation and economic justice : covenanting for action between the Reformed churches of South Africa and Germany 

  Damon, Malcolm (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  The premise of this article is that ethical moral formation or ‘covenanting for justice’ leads to action. The covenanting church itself, in conjunction with other movements, works for justice in all areas of life. The ...
• Economic and social ethics in the work of John Calvin 

  Freudenberg, Matthias (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  John Calvin and Reformed Protestantism interlinked questions of life and death with questions of faith. Not only faith and the church, but life in general call for constant renewal through the word of God. These processes ...
• Theological remarks on the Accra Confession 

  Haase, Hans-Wilfried (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  This article provides a critical evaluation of the Accra Confession (WARC 2004). The misery in various regions of the southern hemisphere poses an extreme ethical challenge for the Christian faith; the outcry for justice ...
• Is an ethical status confessionis possible? 

  Rauhaus, Alfred (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  This article argues that it is possible to declare a status confessionis on account of ethical issues. Discussions of the last 50 years confirm this. The article clarifies under what circumstances a status confessionis ...
• Power and insecurity : the politics of globalisation 

  Van der Westhuizen, Christi (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  This article places the Accra Confession, accepted at the 24th General Assembly of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) (2004), within the historical context of the WARC’s struggle for economic justice in the ...
• ‘Covenanting for justice’? on the Accra document, reformed theology and reformed ecclesiology 

  Smit, Dirkie J. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  The essay provides a brief summary of the main argument of the Accra Document drafted by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and entitled ‘Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth’. The focus is on ...
• The historical context of the Accra confession 

  Rust, Averell (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  This article places the Accra Confession, accepted at the 24th General Assembly of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) (2004), within the historical context of the WARC’s struggle for economic justice in the ...
• International financial markets and development 

  Wahl, Peter (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  The current fi nancial crisis has not come about by chance. It is the result of a system that has emerged over the last 30 years and which Keynes may well have called the ‘casino economy’. The dominance of fi nance over ...
• The concept of empire as a stumbling stone : aspects of an ecumenical discussion on the theme of empire 

  Wasserloos-Strunk, Martina (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)

  The topic of empire is one of the main disputed points in the discussion following the ‘Accra Declaration’. This article evaluates several points of view from the South and North concerning ‘empire’ and shows how the ...
• Is ‘divine healing’ in the 'faith movement’ founded on the principles of healing in the Bible or based on the power of the mind? 

  Pretorius, Stephanus Petrus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-10)

  Many people plagued with incurable diseases or diseases that seem to be resistant to medical treatment, in desperation turn to preachers who claim to administer divine healing. These divine healers make certain claims, ...
• An immanent approach to death : theological implications of a secular view 

  Du Toit, C.W. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11)

  The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their consciousness and focussing instead on the complexities of life in a context of horizontal transcendence. This replaces ...
• Calvin’s election mix in small-scale theology 

  Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11)

  This paper shows how Calvin’s ideas about the Old Testament concept of Israel’s election can be dangerous when they are applied uncritically. The main illustration material is drawn from a context the author was himself ...
• Troos as unieke uitkoms in ‘n pastoraal-narratiewe benadering tot rousmart 

  Brunsdon, Alfred R. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-10)

  Consolation as a unique outcome within a pastoral-narrative approach to grief The pastoral counselling of those who grieve poses new challenges to pastoral care. Because of the shift away from a modernist paradigm, the ...
• Two approaches to life in the second temple period : Deuteronomy and Qoholet 

  Lombaard, Christoffel Johannes Stephanus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11)

  The prosaic Mosaic death in Deuteronomy 34 leaves the way of life [foreign font omitted] as constituted in [foreign font omitted]. That is, par excellence: Life [foreign font omitted] is found in words. In Qohelet, another ...
• Psychological type and the pulpit : an empirical enquiry concerning preachers and the SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics 

  Francis, Leslie John; Robbins, Amanda; Village, Andrew (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-08)

  A sample of 389 experienced preachers completed a measure of psychological type. They then read Mark 1:29–39 and recorded their evaluations of the four refl ections on this passage proposed by Francis (1997) and which ...
• Imitating Jesus, yes – but which Jesus? : A critical engagement with the ethics of Richard Burridge in imitating Jesus : an inclusive approach to New Testament ethics (2007) 

  Draper, Jonathan A. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-08)

  This paper examines the attempt by Richard Burridge in his recent book, Imitating Jesus: An inclusive approach to New Testament ethics (2007), to build an engaged Christian ethics starting with the historical Jesus but ...
• Violence and the Daniel tales in a children’s Bible 

  Nel, Marius (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-08)

  Children enjoy the tales of Daniel and his three friends, whether told in Sunday school, day school, by parents or grandparents. These tales are cast essentially in violent terms. In this article a specifi c version of ...
• A contextualised reading of Matthew 6:22–23 : ‘your eye is the lamp of your body’ 

  Viljoen, Francois P. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-07)

  For the modern reader the logion ‘The eye is the lamp of the body’ is puzzling. While most scholars concur that it has something to do with greed and envy, they often fail to explain this correlation between inner attitudes ...
• Mens as deelname aan ‘n ‘geskonde en besete wêreld’ : C.K. Oberholzer, fenomenologie en Pretoria 

  Duvenage, Pieter (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-08)

  Human participation in a scarred and frenzied world: C.K. Oberholzer, phenomenology and Pretoria This article focuses on the living presence of phenomenology as an intellectual tradition at the University of Pretoria, ...

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